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September 2011
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See you at CodeRage
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– I have never seen so many Delphi Events as we are seeing right now. There is definitely a buzz regarding the new Delphi XE2DelphiLive in San Jose has completed and it was a great event. Half the Delphi World Tour dates have past, with a several more to go.In ...
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XE2 and Registration Headaches.
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– Today I hit the registration limit on XE2.I installed it on the following machines.Laptop (Primary for DelphiLive Presentation)Laptop (Backup for DelphiLive Presentation)Desktop (Home)MacMini, Windows VMDesktop (Work)Registered in in that order. I ran in to the registration Limit ...
August 2011
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New Mac and Rad Studio XE2
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– Note: I was given permission to blog about the Rad Studio XE2 Beta.Today my first Mac OSX computer arrived at my home. I have only used a Mac when workingat Sound and Lights at local theatre. I have spent about 10 hours total time working on a Mac in the last 10 years. So I would ...
June 2011
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THtmlWriter - First Look
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– I wanted my build process to automatically generate a web page with what was changed in the given build. Basically I had to query our Internal Bug Tracking system and produce a web page. Allowing me to take asnapshot of bug tracking system as it looked liked when the build was ...
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Application -vs- Component Developer
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– During Interviews I have heard the following from candidates. "I am Application developer, I use components, I don't build them."I typically have thought well I have found another "point and click" developer who is not familiar with OOP. Since I have been at my component ...
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Runtime/Designtime what? Delphi Packages
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– To most Delphi developers a package is typically where you would place components so that you can drop them on your forms.So one might assume that a 3rd Party Component developer would know how packages work. Well over the years I have seen several of these developers make basic ...
May 2011
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Find Text in Delphi - Evolution of a Feature
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– Every application goes through evolution, where a feature is completely rewritten to be better. Understanding how a given Feature is used is important before undertaking the rewrite, to know how your going to impact your user base. The case I am going to point out today is the ...
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The Joel Test The Evolution of a Team.
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– Every place I have worked has had a different staff hiring and/or contractor selection process. When I started working with my current employer the process was simple. Come in for one interview, after reviewing the resumes, and a brief conversation with ...
February 2011
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Happy 16th Birthday - Delphi
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– Happy 16th Birthday - Delphi!Thank you again, to all those involved with Delphi.Last month I was able to go to San Francisco to talk as a Rad Studio customer to talk to Embarcadero sales team. Where I was able to meet most of the executive team and hear ...
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Windows 64Bit OS - Directory Layout
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– Short and sweet, as I someone ask me about this today...The \windows\system32\ directory on 64 bit version of Windows does not contain 32 bit files it contains 64 bit files. The 32 bit files are stored in \windows\SysWOW64WOW stands for "Windows on Windows"Go figure, the 32 ...
January 2011
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Job Openings @ State of Utah
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– I work for the Department of Technology Services for the State of Utah.I am assigned to work at the Department of Workforce Services.We recently have opened up a few new State Employee based position, which is really a rare thing.All Jobs at the State of Utah can be located here: ...
October 2010
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No Commercial Version of RAVE for Delphi XE
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– Where I work our product is very tied to Nevrona's Rave Reports. We are based around the NDR file format and concept. Since the release of XE our emails to Nevrona and being ignored we still don't have an XE version of RAVE Reports.XE is a compelling upgrade for ...
September 2010
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CodeRage - Audio/Recording Equipment
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– I was just accepted to do two CodeRage Sessions, I am excited about both of them.Building Robust Applications with Customized Exception ManagementContinuous Integration with DUnit and FinalBuilderI hope everyone gets a chance to attend some of the sessions, the exact dates and times of my sessions ...
August 2010
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Rad Studio XE - DelphiLive
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– At DelphiLive last week it was fairly obvious that Embarcadero was close to shipping RAD Studio. When there I took a few photos, and Jim wanted to play with the Camera so he took more :-) I have recordings of the keynote session that I will be posting in the next day or two on the VDUG ...
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DelphiLive - I am here!
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– I am now at DelphiLive, I ran into the guys at RemObjects. Today waiting for the conference to get underway we took a little trip to Cupertino to visit Apple and had lunch. Marc nearly sold me on an iPad his with 3G support was used quite a bit as we navigated the streets. ...
